Ontologizing B2B Message Specifications: Experiences from Adopting the PLIB Ontology for Commercial Product Data

Leukel, Joerg; Hepp, Martin; Schmitz, Volker; Tribowski, Christoph

doi:10.1109/icebe.2006.76

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“…Ideally, ontologies are used to formalize the understanding of a domain and improve the machine-human interaction. Ontologies are central to different domains, such as commercial, medical and food sciences (Leukel et al , 2006; Cantais et al , 2005; Hu et al , 2003).…”

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Formalizing knowledge representation in earthwork operations through development of domain ontology

Taher

Vahdatikhaki

Hammad

2021

ECAM

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PurposeThis study proposes a framework for Earthwork Ontology (EW-Onto) to support and enhance data exchange in the project and the efficient decision-making in the planning and execution phases.Design/methodology/approachThe development of EW-Onto started from defining the concepts and building taxonomies for earthwork operations and equipment following the METHONTOLOGY approach. In addition, several rules have been extracted from safety codes and implemented as SWRL rules. The ontology has been implemented using Protégé. The consistency of EW-Onto has been checked and it has been evaluated using a survey.FindingsThe assessment of EW-Onto by experts indicates an adequate level of consensus with the framework, as an initial step for explicit knowledge exchanges within the earthwork domain.Practical implicationsThe use of an ontology within the earthwork domain can help: (1) link and identify the relationships between concepts, define earthwork semantics, and classify knowledge in a hierarchical way accepted by experts and end-users; (2) facilitate the management of earthwork operations and simplify information exchange and interoperability between currently fragmented systems; and (3) increase the stakeholders' knowledge of earthwork operations through the provision of the information, which is structured in the context of robust knowledge.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a framework for Earthwork Ontology (EW-Onto) to support and enhance data exchange in the project and the efficient decision-making in the planning and execution phases. EW-Onto represents the semantic values of the entities and the relationships, which are identified and formalized based on the basic definitions available in the literature and outlined by experts.

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confidence: 99%